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now we have better options for san franciscans and better, better climate achievements. >> excuse me. commissioner caen. >> i have asked the question twice, still haven't gotten an answer. in the initial way back when, was buildout part of the -- what do we call it? wasn't green. was buildout part of the idea? >> buildoutvx was part of the idea in the original underlying statutes, yes, ~ that the city adopted. talked about city-owned 150 megawatt wind project that was outside of the city, but it talked about in-city solar. it talked about the different resources that could be relied upon. and it wasn't -- the term local buildout wasn't used, but as it described the resources that would be relied upon, it was dependent on locally developed resources. >> and that would be concurrently with -- >> the meet or beat statement, yes. yes. that's the history on that. >> okay. i'm going to lose a quorum at 5 o'clock. so, i want to alert the commissioners to that. plus we have an executive session where we need to take a motion. so, how much longer do we have on this topic? depend on the commiss
now we have better options for san franciscans and better, better climate achievements. >> excuse me. commissioner caen. >> i have asked the question twice, still haven't gotten an answer. in the initial way back when, was buildout part of the -- what do we call it? wasn't green. was buildout part of the idea? >> buildoutvx was part of the idea in the original underlying statutes, yes, ~ that the city adopted. talked about city-owned 150 megawatt wind project that was outside...
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franciscans and we need everyone's help spreading the word, getting participants to take the survey. if people have challenges accessing the survey there will be paper copies available and available in five languages as well so english, spanish, chinese, russian and that gala and it's an important study and. >> >> that we take stock of important issues for the community so i think this as the most closest we're going to get to a census around lgbt aging issues here in the city, so what i have here are sign up sheets. i'm going to pass them around through the audience. again if you're 60 years or older, lgbt living in san francisco please give us your contact information. we will get back to you about information about the survey, or if you work with seniors who are lgbt aging here in san francisco and if you could help us spread the word we will like your assistance in that regard as well. >> thank you. any questions for jason? thank you jason and feel free to pass those around. i know people have been coming in during the hearing. i want to introduce us once again. we are members of
franciscans and we need everyone's help spreading the word, getting participants to take the survey. if people have challenges accessing the survey there will be paper copies available and available in five languages as well so english, spanish, chinese, russian and that gala and it's an important study and. >> >> that we take stock of important issues for the community so i think this as the most closest we're going to get to a census around lgbt aging issues here in the city, so...
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franciscans to participate in clean energy and also get a wider base. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public who would like to comment? and anyone else, you can please line up in the center aisle, thank you. >> ben david, sierra club, san francisco has a wonderful opportunity to create a cc a that brings lots of big benefits to the city and its residents including lots of jobs, to get this done, we need puc staff and their consultant to work very closely together, but now they've been having difficulties doing that, you know, one critical area is the rate premium compared to pg and e's for the first year while the program is getting started up. the premium people end up paying will have a big effect on how many people stay in the program and the suck -- success of the program. there are times when a third party that needs to step in and help two other parties resolve their differences and prevent a bad situation. i feel this is one of those times, lafco needs to take an active role however they can to help them get together an
franciscans to participate in clean energy and also get a wider base. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public who would like to comment? and anyone else, you can please line up in the center aisle, thank you. >> ben david, sierra club, san francisco has a wonderful opportunity to create a cc a that brings lots of big benefits to the city and its residents including lots of jobs, to get this done, we need puc staff and their consultant to work very closely...
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one in four san franciscans don't even know this program exists. >> very interesting. >> that's a big challenge. any other questions? so, if you can get that material to us before next meeting. >> we can get it to you in a few days. >> great, fantastic. >> thanks a lot. >> any other questions from the commissioners? now we have to move to public comment. jason freed. and then mr. eric brooks, you can come up to the front row. >>> hi, jason freed, lafco staff. chair came in and gave his comments. i do want to talk for a second about the pg&e option that you guys have been fixating on. i don't think we should be worried on t but it is definitely an issue to be a dreadtion. the numbers we're use now are based on what pg&e is saying in the press and not i believe a realistic final price of what this product is. i am willing to bet that from what i've seen in the press and what the tart consolidate has been able to track down, what they're talking -- they're talking the base price of energy. they're not incorporating how much they're going to spend on marketing on the price. not administra
one in four san franciscans don't even know this program exists. >> very interesting. >> that's a big challenge. any other questions? so, if you can get that material to us before next meeting. >> we can get it to you in a few days. >> great, fantastic. >> thanks a lot. >> any other questions from the commissioners? now we have to move to public comment. jason freed. and then mr. eric brooks, you can come up to the front row. >>> hi, jason freed,...
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. >> san franciscans are diverting 80% of our waste from the landfill. >> no doubt some part of that has do with the city's garbage tax. >> the more that you recycle and compost in san francisco, the lor your garbage bills. in new rk, mayor bloomberg is spending money to save money. a new recycling facility will allow residents to recycle all kinds of plastics, including at most new york of plastics, the takeout container. >> it used to be you cou only recycle a certain kind of plastic ananthere was a mark on the bottom. number one, i can never remember which was theood mark or the bad mark. number two, i could never find it. and with my eyes, i couldn't really see it. the new processes are if it's rigid, we take it. >> the mayor estimates that by 2017, this recycling push will ve $60 million a year. >> i'm 71 years old. i'm probably not going to see 2050. >> we hope you do. >> well, you're nice to say so. it not clear everybody else does. but the bottom line is i'd like my kids who are going to be around in 2050, god willing, to be able to breathe clean air and to live. >> with each
. >> san franciscans are diverting 80% of our waste from the landfill. >> no doubt some part of that has do with the city's garbage tax. >> the more that you recycle and compost in san francisco, the lor your garbage bills. in new rk, mayor bloomberg is spending money to save money. a new recycling facility will allow residents to recycle all kinds of plastics, including at most new york of plastics, the takeout container. >> it used to be you cou only recycle a certain...